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Patent GB-190710340-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Drying-devices.
Inventor: BUSSE OSCAR
Filed: 1907-05-03
Granted: 1908-01-09
Abstract: 10,340. Busse, O. May 3. Drying-apparatus. - In apparatus of the type wherein a number of steam-heated floors are fixed in a vertical chamber and the material is carried round on these floors, successively falling from one to the next and being dried, condensed moisture is prevented from accumulating in the hollow spaces of the floors. The floors are composed of sheet-metal sectors h, h<1> connected by frames i and stay-bolts k, and the lower sectors h' slope down towards the outlet pipes d<1>, which, together with inlet pipes d, pass into hollow columns c supporting the floors on brackets b. Even when the floors sag centrally, the outlet pipes are at the lowest parts of the lower sectors. The parts of the floor corresponding with each sector is separately heated.
Patent GB-190712920-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Valve Gear for Double-acting Steam Pumps.
Inventor: LINS VALENTIN AUGUST
Filed: 1907-06-04
Granted: 1907-09-26
Abstract: 12,920. Lins, V. A. June 4. Drawings to Specification. Steam pumps. - The semi-rotary distributing- valves of a double-acting steam pump are oscillated, by sliding rods engaging forked arms carried by the valves.
Patent GB-190715695-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Braiding Machines.
Inventor: DYMOND GEORGE CECIL
Filed: 1907-07-08
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 15,695. Dymond, G. C., [Lundgren, J.]. July 8. Braiding-machines. - Relates to the class of machine by means of which each thread of one set is passed entirely round two neighbouring threads of another set whereby an interlocking twist is imparted. The two sets of bobbins are rotated in parallel planes in the same general direction. The lower bobbins 35 are carried bodily round on a rotating frame 11, and are turned about centres 18 by means of gear - wheels 27 meshing with a fixed toothed rim 28. The upper bobbins 31 are mounted on toothed carriers, which mesh with a system of gear-wheels 24 and rotate in broken circular channels 22 formed in the proximate ends of adjacent plates 19. The set of plates 19 and similar under plates 20 are mounted on the upper part of the frame 11 and carry the gearwheels 24, which mesh with the gear-wheels 27. The two sets of bobbins 35, 31 are provided with threadguiding arms 30, 39 which are bent in order to clear the various moving parts encountered by them. The relative movement of the bobbins is such that each thread from the lower set takes a complete turn round two threads of the upper set.
Patent GB-190724191-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Advertising Apparatus.
Inventor: MELLING JAMES
Filed: 1907-11-01
Granted: 1908-11-02
Abstract: 24,191. Melling, J., and Stewart, G. G. R. Nov. 1. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Chromatropes.-Relates to advertising-apparatus in which advertisements are intermittently exposed through windows e, f in a casing a, and in which fixed advertisements are exhibited through windows c, d at the top and bottom of the casing. Swing colour-screens z, adapted to be oscillated'by lugs z<3> upon the rotating shutter-disk j or by other means, are mounted behind the windows.
Patent GB-190725453-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Camphene.
Filed: 1907-11-16
Granted: 1908-11-16
Abstract: 25,453. Schmitz & Co. Dec. 8, 1906, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, 1901]. Camphene is obtained by heating pinene hydrohalogenide to about 160-200‹ C. with aqueous solutions or suspensions of inorganic oxides, hydrooxides, or basic salts having no oxidizing-action ; the mixture is vigorously stirred during the process. Suitable compounds are oxides or hydroxides of the alkali or alkaline-earth metals, the capability of these compounds for reacting being increased if a concentrated aqueous salt solution be present, for example a haloid salt solution. Other compounds that are suitable are the oxides or hydroxides, either as such, or in the form of basic salts, of aluminium, magnesium, calcium, iron, lead, and copper. Specifications No. 3555, A.D. 1896, Nos. 26,618, 26,619, and 26,620, A.D. 1901, and No. 8356, A.D. 1906, are referred to.
Patent GB-190726999-A (GB)
Title: Improved Protective Covering for Tanks Exposed to Shocks and particularly applicable to the Pressure Feed Tanks of Automobile Vehicles.
Inventor: TURCAT LEON
Filed: 1907-12-06
Granted: 1908-04-02
Abstract: 26,999. Turcat, L., and MÚry, S. Sept. 16, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Tanks. - Tanks or reservoirs exposed to s h o c k s, such as the tanks of automobiles, are provided with a protective covering formed of undulated sheet metal c, joined to a smooth metal sheet d, the whole being applied to the reservoir with the undulated sheet inside. The covering is fixed in any suitable way, such as by hooks e at one side. and bolts and tensioning nuts engaging attachments to the tank at the other side.
Patent GB-190802872-A (GB)
Title: Capsule for the Closure of Bottles, Flasks and Containers of All Kinds.
Inventor: WILZIN ARTHUR
Filed: 1908-02-08
Granted: 1908-10-15
Abstract: 2872. Wilzin, A. Feb. 8. Capsules ; stoppers ; capsuling; stoppering.- A screw-threaded capsule adapted to fit accurately a screw-threaded bottle neck is formed with external longitudinal folds b formed at the same time as, or before, the screw-threading of the capsule takes place. The folds allow the capsule to adjust itself to irregnlarites in the neck of the bottle. When the threads are formed by dies, during the application of the capsule to a bottle, a notch is provided in the bottle neck to receive a tongue c on the capsule, as described in Specification No. 5448, A.D. 1907, and so properly locate the folds b with respect to the capping-dies. Further, to position the bottle accurately in the capping-machine, a recess e is formed in the base of the bottle to receive a pin f on the bottle rest of the machine.
Patent GB-190804042-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Clips for Cycle Brake Mechanism
Inventor: BOHLE ERNEST WILLIAM
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1908-05-07
Abstract: 4042. Bohle, E. W. Feb. 22. Brakes. - For securing parts of cycle brake mechanism, particularly the bell-crank lever usually mounted near the bottom of the head, the boss B and one arm A of the clip are made in one piece from sheet metal, while the other arm a' is formed separately and hinged to the boss. In making the clip, the main part is formed from a blank of the shape shown in Fig. 1, the parts B being pressed up to form the boss and the arm A being left straight. The arm a<1> is then passed through a slot S from the inside, the end with the hole h<1> going through first, and the enlarged curled end a<2> finally resting against the inside of the boss. By bending the arm A to correspond with the hinged arm, the holes H, h<1> are brought opposite to one another to receive a screw &c. s<1>, and the hinged arm cannot be removed. To obviate the necessity for a nut, the holes may be screw-threaded.
Patent GB-190805624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Water Gauge Cocks.
Inventor: REDFORD PERCY
Filed: 1908-03-13
Granted: 1909-03-11
Abstract: 5624. Redford, P. March 13. Rotary cylindrical valves are provided with resilient working-faces consisting of spring- pressed blocks S, Fig. 4. Packing, special methods of. - The valves are packed by means of rings R, Fig. 2, which are formed on or inserted in the end of the cocks and are pressed lightly into contact with the metal of the casings by springs, as shown.
Patent GB-190806564-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Cardboard Boxes.
Inventor: QUINN WILLIAM RIDGWAY
Filed: 1908-03-24
Granted: 1909-03-18
Abstract: 6564. Quinn, W. R., and Ridgway, G., [trading as Ridgway & Quinn]. March 24. Feeding sheetsin machines for joining together blanks of cardboard by strips of gummed paper &c. for use in making boxes. A table a, Fig. 1, carries a driving-shaft b in a bracket c, the shaft supporting a loose pulley d driven by a belt. The shaft b has a crank-pin f at one end connected by a rod g to a plunger h, which operates to press down the gummed strips on the parts of the blank. Below the table is mounted a second shaft driven by a chain p from the shaft b and operating a twoarmed lever s by means of an eccentric ; the lever s effects the motion of the reciprocating feeder v, Fig. 4, serving to supply the box-end pieces from a receptacle w. In the operation of the machine, the blanks 11 forming the sides and bottom of the box are placed in position and controlled by the adjustable guide 3. The ends 10 are stored in a receptacle w and are fed forwards by the slide v working in guides, spring-pressed fingers 6 being adapted to- - pass into recesses 7 at the back of the receptacle w during the backward movement of the slide and to engage and draw forwards one of the end pieces on the return motion. The end pieces 10 are moved up against the plate x, on the other side of which lies one of the body blanks 11. The plate x moves vertically in guides 16, and is controlled by the motion of the feeder v. When the blanks 10, 11 are in position, the gummed connecting-strip is fed over them and pressed down by the plunger h.
Patent GB-190807791-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Fittings for Inverted Incandescent Gas Burners and Lamps
Inventor: PODMORE ARTHUR EDWARD
Filed: 1908-04-08
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 7791. Podmore, A. E., and Thomas, J. April 8. Incandescent gas lamps; reflectors.-In adapting inverted burners for use in street lanterns, a reflector is provided with a central opening for the passage of waste gases, and the gas regulator is accessible from the outside of the lantern. The gaspipe k is provided with an outside stop cock and a regulator l. The burner g passes through a hole h in the curved reflector b of porcelain or enamelled iron, and the tip f is placed below a hole e in the reflector. The regulator is shown in detail in Fig. 5 ; a milled head m actuates a screw x to operate a needle valve y in a nipple z. An additional stop cock n may be provided with the lever o outside the lantern. The usual air-supply regulator is shown with a screw rand thumb-piece s for rotating the sleeve g. The top c of the lamp is supported on bosses 1 so that an air passage is formed round the lamp. Two burners may be provided similar to the one shown.
Patent GB-190808012-A (GB)
Title: Improved Manufacture of Alkali Formate
Filed: 1908-04-10
Granted: 1908-06-11
Abstract: 8012. Farbwerke vorm. Meister, Lucius, & Br³ning. April 10, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Formates of the alkali metals are manufactured by the action of carbon monoxide at increased temperature and pressure on a mixture of calcined alkali carbonate and desiccated calcium hydrate, whereby calcium carbonate is obtained as a byproduct. The production of sodium and potassium formates is described. The Specification in the original form, as open to inspection under Section 91 (3) (a), comprises also the use of other agents capable of fixing carbon dioxide, in place of calcium hydrate ; this subjectmatter does not appear in the Complete Specification as accepted.
Patent GB-190812620-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Furnaces of Steam Boilers.
Inventor: ARTHUR SENIOR
Filed: 1908-06-12
Granted: 1909-06-10
Abstract: 12,620. Senior, A., and Bradley, H. G. June 12. Fire-bars and grates; fire-bridges.-In furnace grates of the kind in which transversely arranged fire-bars are supported on several longitudinal airsupply troughs, the fire-bars are shaped to fit on the meeting edges of the troughs, and the distance pieces 11 are formed at the points of contact. The intermediate distance pieces do not extend to the top of the bars so that the spaces 14 between the bars are unbroken at the grate level. The lower edges of the bars are rounded as shown in Fig. 1. The slides 15 for discharging ashes and admitting air are connected together and operated simultaneously by rack and pinion gearing. Air is supplied to the hollow fire-bridge through tubes 18. The troughs 8 are supported on front and rear bearers 3, 4, the former being provided with conduits 6, through which air is forced by steam injectors 7.
Patent GB-190814957-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Envelope Machines.
Inventor: LOGAN JAMES
Filed: 1908-07-14
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 14,957. Logan, J. July 14. Feeding envelopes.-Relates to mechanism for making envelopes having an opening in the body of the envelope which is covered by a transparent patch and is in registration with an address upon an inclosure within the envelope. The envelope blanks a, Fig. 8, having an address opening b, are supported on a feed table e, Fig. 3, beneath the usual gumming - mechanism of an envelope machine. The gumming-dies f descend periodically on the topmost blank and lift it by adhesion until it is separated from the dies by a stripping - plate i. The blank falls on a reciprocating carriage j and is engaged by hooks l, which carry the blank over a supporting-plate n into the position shown by the blank a<1> in Fig. 1. It is held in this position by pawls p as the carriage moves to receive the next blank. With the next movement of the carriage, the blank a<1> is pushed forwards by a second pair of hooks qinto the position of the blank a<2> where it rests on a pressing-table r in position to receive a transparent patch. The blank is then moved by a third pair of hooks t into the position of the blank a' and is pushed by a plunger v through an opening u on to a folding-bed x, where it is folded in the usual manner. While the blank rests on the pressing-table r, a transparent paper patch is fixed over the address opening b. The patches 2 are stored in 'a holder 1 and are pressed against the blank by a follower 15. The holder and follower are depressed at proper times by linkwork actuated by a cam. The patches are held in the holder by metal bars 5, Fig. 6, having projecting toes'6 which support the patches. Cam plates 27 secured to the carriage j cause pins 25 to project above the pressing- table to secure the registration of the opening b of the blank with the patch holder.
Patent GB-190816722-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Arc Control Mechanisms for Projectors, Searchlights and the like.
Filed: 1908-08-08
Granted: 1909-07-22
Abstract: 16,722. British Thomson-Houston Co., [General Electric Co.]. Aug. 8. Search-lights.-Mechanism for regulating an electric arc is constructed as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 1. Carbon-holders 3, 4 engage guides and two screws 7, 8, which are geared together. One screw carries a toothed wheel 11, which can be rotated by either of two pawls 12, 13. Each pawl is connected by a lever 14 or 15 to a spring-urged armature 16 or 17 of a single electro-magnet 18 in a shunt circuit, which is only closed when a gap 19 or 20 is bridged by a contact-device on one of the armatures. Normally both armatures are held by catches 29, 31 connected to armatures 28, 30 of a shunt or differential electro-magnet 27. The armatures are arranged so that one catch is disengaged when the carbons are too far apart, and the other catch when the carbons are too close together. -
Patent GB-190818929-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Implement for Tapping the Bark of Funtumia Elastica and other Rubber-producing Trees.
Inventor: UPSON THOMAS HENRY
Filed: 1908-09-09
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 18,929. Upson, T. H., [Christy, C.]. Sept. 9. Horticultural knives.-A knife for grooving rubber-producing trees consists of a central blade a having cutting-edges b, c at each end, and connected to a shank f by a pair of lateral diverging blades e, which cut the sides of the channel. The outer surface of the blade a is nearly parallel to the axis of the handle and shank, the angle being such as to prevent the knife from cutting too deeply as the knuckles of the operator would come into contact with the bark. For cutting into hollows the edge c is used by pushing the knife. The final tapping implement for severing the laticiferous tubes in the floor of the channel consists of a serrated wheel which has a number of thin blades m connected to a hub which is rotatably mounted between jaws k fixed at the end of the handle.
Patent GB-190819282-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Dust Collectors or Filters.
Inventor: PETER JACOB
Filed: 1908-09-14
Granted: 1909-09-14
Abstract: 19,282. Peter, J. Sept. 14. [Patent of Addition to No. 21,282, A.D. 1907]. Filtering.-In a modification of the dust-collector or filter described in Specification No. 21,282, A.D. 1907, as suitable for middlings-purifiers and like machinery, a large number of filtering-cylinders are rigidly mounted in a chamber, and the dust separated on their outsides is removed by means of annular brushes carried by one or more reciprocating frames, furnished also with scrapers which transfer the dust brushed off to one end of the chamber. Figs. 1 and 2 show a vacuum chamber 1 in which are rigidly mounted twelve filtering- cylinders 2 closed at one end ; in the case of a pressure chamber, both ends might be left open. The annular brushes 6 are carried in a reciprocating frame 3, which is operated by means of endless chains 8 passing over driving-pulleys 10 and guide-pulleys 9. The frame is drawn to the right by the engagement of tappet pins 13 attached to the chains with hooks 14 secured to the frame ; during the return movement, the tappet pins push directly against the frame. The dust brushed off is transferred to one end of the chamber by a scraper 16, Fig. 7, pivoted to the lower portion of the frame. The chamber is provided with a longitudinal floor rib 20, and the scraper with a corresponding hole furnished with a pivoted flap 20. During its operative movement, the scraper is maintained in a vertical position, Fig. 7, by a stop 17, and the flap 20 trails along the rib 20. During the return movement, Fig. 8, the flap also trails along the rib but holds the scraper out of action. In a modification, the annular brushes are caused to rotate on their axes during reciprocation, the filter cylinders being provided with helical guide - rods coacting with slots in the brushes. In a further modification, which is shown in connexion with a grit-cleaning machine, two or more frames each carrying a scraper are arranged within the chamber, the travel of the frames exceeding slightly the distance between them, in order that each scraper may push the dust sufficiently forward to be acted upon by the scraper in front during the next operative movement of the scrapers.
Patent GB-190908807-A (GB)
Title: Metal Bars for use in Reinforced Concrete Constructional Work.
Inventor: LESLIE HENRY FORD
IPC: E04C5/03
Filed: 1909-04-14
Granted: 1909-08-05
Abstract: 8807. Leslie, H. F. April 14. Reinforced concrete.-A bar for reinforcing concrete is formed from a flat bar, Fig. 1, which is alitted at intervals, on one or both edges, the slits breaking joint as shown, and the portions between the slits are bent alternately to one side and the other, thus producing the forms shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The blanks may be parallel, tapered, curved, or straight, and the flanging as described above may be along a part only of the length.
Patent GB-190910441-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Sanitary Pipe Finishing Machines.
Inventor: MANN WILLIAM HUTCHINSON
IPC: B28B21/96
Filed: 1909-05-03
Granted: 1910-01-13
Abstract: 10,441. Mann, W. H. May 3. Pottery.-In sanitary-pipe finishing-machines of the horizontal-mandrel type provided with means for cutting off the pipe to the required length and for grooving and smoothing the spigot end, the socket end is simultaneously grooved on its inner surface and smoothed on its outer surface by the action of a serrated roller 8 mounted on a pivoted arm 10, and a supporting and finishing pad 16 secured to a strap 13 pivoted to the arm 10. The serrated roller 8 and pad 16 are held apart while the pipe is being placed on and removed from the rotatable mandrel 1 by means of a trigger 14 adapted to engage a stud 15 on the free end of the arm 10. On releasing the trigger 14, the roller 8 and the pad 16 are drawn into contact with the pipe by means of a spring 18. The pivoted arm 10 is formed with a counterbalance weight 10<Y>, and an adjustable stop 19 is provided on the bracket supporting the arm 10, for limiting its dbwnward movement.
Patent GB-190913630-A (GB)
Title: Safety-stirrup.
Inventor: DREESCH REMMER
IPC: B68C3/02
Filed: 1909-06-10
Granted: 1909-08-19
Abstract: 13,630. Dreesch, R. June 10. Stirrups. - A safety stirrup is provided with a hinged tread, which is released when angular movement takes place between the pivoted stirrup-strap loop and the bow. The tread is normally held raised by two levers b, c pivoted to the legs of the stirrup bow a and working in deep grooves formed in the legs. The upper ends of the levers are turned outwards and are acted upon by a blade spring g so that their lower ends maintain the foot-plate in its raised position. The loop l swivels on a pin m and has its lower ends formed as segments o, p. When angular movement takes place due to the rider being thrown, the segments o, p press on the ends of the levers b, c and release the plate k.
Patent GB-190915776-A (GB)
Title: Improvement in Nuts.
Inventor: KENNEY WILLIAM FRANCIS
IPC: F16B39/284
Filed: 1909-07-06
Granted: 1910-04-14
Abstract: 15,776. Kenney, W. F. July 6. Locking nuts.-In a self-locking nut of the resilient type designed to expand when screwed on the bolt, the bore of the nut is widened in the direction of all the corners of the nut. Fig. 6 shows a section of a square nut constructed according to the invention, and Fig. 7 is a plan of an hexagonal nut. The width between opposite corners of the bore a, a is greater than the diameter of the bolt, and between opposite faces is less.
Patent GB-190918347-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Brooders.
Inventor: NOBLE ALEXANDER
IPC: A01K31/18
Filed: 1909-08-09
Granted: 1910-01-06
Abstract: 18,347. Noble, A. Aug. 9. Rearing-appliances.-In a brooder arranged within a casing which is partly covered with material from the decomposition of which heat is produced, communicating flues are formed on the bottom, rear wall, and top thereof, which lead to a pipe D communicating with the atmosphere. Air passes to these flues from a flue A<1>, which has an opening A<2> regulated by a slide a. Inside, the brooder has an adjustable platform F with a bridge H hinged thereto; the front wall of the brooder is provided with windows I. The casing B<1> has a removable front wall B notched to fit over the opening A<2>, and is provided with a door N hinged to a marginal flange N<1>. The wall of the brooder directly under the door N is provided with a hinged window J. A guard-plate O fitted over the front portion of the casing holds the decomposing material in position.
Patent GB-190919900-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or pertaining to Double Shirt-collars.
Inventor: HYATT-WOOLF CHARLES
IPC: A41B3/12
Filed: 1909-08-31
Granted: 1910-06-30
Abstract: 19,900. Woolf, C. Hyatt-. Aug. 31. Collars, linen and like.-In order to keep a sailor-knot tie from sagging at the front of the collar, the locking tab or flap extension that lies between the folds has a slit 5, Fig. 1, at the top, in which the tie band rests. In modified forms, an upstanding tab is cut from the collar flap so as to form a support; or a wire hook is attached; or a stud is placed through a hole in the flap.
Patent GB-190923586-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tile and like Cutting Appliances.
Inventor: FORSTER ALFRED LINDSAY
IPC: B28D1/22
Filed: 1909-10-15
Granted: 1910-09-01
Abstract: 23,586. Forster, A. L. Oct. 15. Splitting and dressing by percussion.-In a machine for cutting tiles &c., the tools a are automatically adjusted to the work by means of compensatirig-levers e', e<2>, e<3>. The blow is transmitted from a mallet through the striking- piece h against the upper lever e<3>. The toolhead c is adjusted by a foot-lever i.